| Quamoclit | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a bean + &unr_; to bend, to slope. ] (Bot.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomœa Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomœa. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| cypress vine | (n) tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere, Syn. Quamoclit pennata, star-glory, Ipomoea quamoclit, Indian pink |